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EMI WITHDRAW FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA EMI's offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia are all affected. The major will keep a small marketing team in Hong Kong and a small A&R team in Indonesia, though the move is widely believed to mean the UK-based record company will not look to sign domestic talent in most of these countries at all. The major will, it says, continue to enter into global digital distribution deals that cover these territories. The new arrangement with Warner is the opposite of an existing deal in India, the Middle East and North Africa, where EMI market and distribute Warner's physical products. Confirming they would be taking over these roles for EMI in the Southeast Asia region, Warner music Asia Pacific President Lachie Rutherford told reporters: "EMI's artists will now be able to fully leverage our South-East Asian operations, specifically our marketing teams and vast distribution network of traditional retail, wireless and online partners, through which we've seen great success in recent years". It is not clear how many jobs will go as a result of EMI's cut backs in the region. The changes should not, however, impact on neighbouring EMI operations in other Asia/Pacific markets like India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The restructure in Southeast Asia comes as part of the company-wide changes introduced by EMI's newish owners Terra Firma, changes which have seen job cuts throughout the year across the company's operations. -------------------------------------------------- SUN READERS FILL THE OPERA HOUSE The promotion was part of an initiative by the Opera House to reach a whole new audience, and was subsidised by the Helen Hamlyn Trust to enable tickets that would normally go for well over a hundred quid to be sold for a tenner. And while some of the audience were clearly opera fans who had bought the tabloid specifically to get access to the bargain tickets, a big chunk were clearly Sun-reading first-timers at an opera, meaning the programme had achieved some of its aims. Welcoming his audience, Royal Opera House boss Tony Hall said: "I hope for all of you that this is the start of a relationship. Please come back". The opera was also screened in various Picturehouse cinemas around the UK as part of that previously reported opera-on-screen programme. -------------------------------------------------- NOEL GALLAGHER PUSHED OVER Watch it here The band later issued a statement saying: "Noel Gallagher was attacked by an unidentified man during the band's show in Toronto [he's since been identified, in case you thought we made up the name Daniel Sullivan]. While Noel and the band were performing 'Morning Glory', the assailant ran on from the back of the stage and pushed Noel from behind, who fell heavily on to his monitor speakers. Despite his injuries, Noel returned to the stage a few minutes later to complete the band's set but was taken to hospital after the show to be examined for a suspected fractured rib and ligament damage. No decision has been made regarding Tuesday's concert in London, Ontario, but fans are urged to keep checking the band's website at Oasisinet.com and local media for updates". -------------------------------------------------- LIL WAYNE BACK IN COURT Yes, Lil Wayne was back in court yesterday in that ongoing and much reported court case where he stands accused of carrying illegal drugs and a .40 caliber pistol on his tour bus when it was search by police after a gig in Manhattan in July 2007. He was charged with illegal possession of a weapon, although no drugs charges were brought against him. At a pre-trial hearing yesterday, Officer Diane Hornung testified that she had boarded the bus after smelling marijuana smoke that had wafted out of the door. She then ordered everyone off the bus and headed to the toilet, where she found a man trying to flush a sandwich bag of the drug away. She added that she then saw Lil Wayne in a bedroom at the back of the bus trying to hide a bag, in which she found the handgun. Despite Hornung's testimony, Wayne's lawyer Stacey Richman later got her to admit that she hadn't actually seen anyone smoking marijuana on the bus. Richman then argued that the case should be dismissed as Hornung's admission proved, she said, that the search had been illegal without probable cause. No decision was made on this yesterday. The case will continue tomorrow. Outside the court, Richmond told MTV: "There was direct testimony of one of the detectives [involved in Wayne's arrest], and then the cross-examination of the detective was begun. But then the district attorney wasn't available in the afternoon, so we broke until Wednesday". -------------------------------------------------- KT TUNSTALL WEDS DRUMMER, HEADS TO ARCTIC Well, later this month, on 25 Sep, Tunstall, along with Jarvis Cocker, Martha Wainwright and Laurie Anderson, as part of a 40-strong crew of musicians, journalists, scientists and artists, will embark on an expedition to the North Pole to raise awareness of global warming. A spokesman for the charity organising the whole thing, Cape Farewell, told The Daily record: "The ambition of our seventh expedition is to inspire the creative team to respond to climate change both in the Arctic and on their return. The climate challenge is a cultural one, it is the way we have evolved our lives and values that is the cause of climate change". -------------------------------------------------- SINGLE REVIEW: Moby Vs Freemasons - Disco Lies (EMI/Mute) Buy from iTunes -------------------------------------------------- RAZORLIGHT ANNOUNCE THIRD ALBUM -------------------------------------------------- DOMINO TO RE-ISSUE ROBERT WYATT'S BACK CATALOGUE Details of the releases and release dates are as follows: 27 Oct: 'Drury Lane', 'Rock Bottom', 'Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard', 'Nothing Can Stop Us' -------------------------------------------------- WICHITA RELEASE FREE COMPILATION Tracklisting: Those Dancing Days - Tasty Boy -------------------------------------------------- ILIKETRAINS RETURN Tour dates: 5 Dec: Hastings, The Crypt -------------------------------------------------- THOSE DANCING DAYS SINGLE & TOUR When we asked guitarist Rebecka Rolfart what influenced the album recently, she told CMU: "I would say it is influenced by life and pretty boys". So, there you have it. Tour dates: 21 Oct: London, KCLSU -------------------------------------------------- LEVI'S ONESTOWATCH REVUE The full line-up is this: 22 Sep: Bombay Bicycle Club + Sky Larkin So, provided you don't accidentally catch any of Iglu & Hartley's set, you're in for five nights of fun and great music. -------------------------------------------------- MATTHEW JAY TRIBUTE CONCERT Performing on the night will be Squeeze's Chris Difford, Starsailor frontman James Walsh, Kathryn Williams & Neill Maccoll, Passenger, Ben Dlugokecki, Helen Boulding, Flamboyant Bella and Vasco. The latter, along with Matthew's brother Eddy, completed the recording of some of Jay's unfinished demos, which were discovered by his family and released as an album, 'Further Than Tomorrow', earlier this year. All proceeds from the gig will be donated to Amnesty International and UNICEF. -------------------------------------------------- ALBUM REVIEW: Adventure - Adventure (Carpark Records) Buy from iTunes -------------------------------------------------- MMF LAUNCH ARTIST CHARTER -------------------------------------------------- ICM BUY MVO Confirming the acquisition, ICM President Chris Silbermann told Billboard: "We're really into growing our business right now, especially the music business. Marsha is such a great mentor to people, with such a great name, and she's very culturally consistent with what we want right now. This is not just about bringing a client list. Great agents always have that balance between fiercely independent and entrepreneurial and also working within a culture and a construct. I think maybe she saw in us somewhere she could grow and keep that independent spirit and entrepreneurialism while accessing a lot of the stuff we've been doing, like international, branding, and tour sponsorships". -------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT NOKIA'S PUBLISHING PLANS FOR COMES WITH MUSIC Amid speculation that the phone firm must be making a loss on the mobile handsets that come with unlimited free access to a large catalogue of digital music, those in the publishing sector are more concerned with the fact negotiations between Nokia and the music publishers are ongoing. Some reckon it's a bit premature to be announcing the launch of the music filled phones - Carphone Warehouse are already taking orders - when only deals with the record companies, and not the publishers, are in place. Music Week quote one source in the publishing sector thus: "The announcement by Nokia is a bit premature because the publishing deal has not been finalised yet. There's been a lot of talk about getting the major labels on board for Comes With Music, but as ever publishing seems to have been an afterthought". -------------------------------------------------- FORMER MTV MAN RUMOURED FOR MYSPACE MUSIC TOP JOB Schuon isn't the first exec linked to the still empty top job at MySpace's music division, with former Yahoo! Music boss Ian Rogers and former AOL man Jim Bankoff both previously rumoured to be under consideration. Elsewhere in MySpace Music rumours, it's thought Amazon may provide the download store element, while MySpace's sister company Jamba is expected to offer mobile services. -------------------------------------------------- MORE ON NEW ZUNES The new range of Zune players includes five devices ranged from 4 to 120 GB in terms of memory, and $129 and $249 in terms of price. Other new functionality includes the ability to stream and download songs in WiFi zones, a proprietary recommendation service, presumably a bit like last.fm and Pandora, and a clever thing that enables users to tag songs they hear on any FM radio station, and then link to the track in Microsoft's Zune Marketplace download platform. Talking of the Marketplace, the IT firm says that two thirds of its download catalogue is now available without DRM, though, for reasons best know to those "yeah, we'll make the right decision but then do nothing about it for a year" record companies, all music from Universal and SonyBMG still has digital rights management controls embedded. Nutters. -------------------------------------------------- NEW CHARTS COMPANY LOGO, OFFICIAL The official MD of the Official Charts Company, Martin Talbot, told reporters, officially: "The rebranding reflects the consumer research which we conducted earlier this year, which indicated that the 'official' nature of our charts sets us apart from the rest of the field. Over the coming months, we will look to reinforce the power of this brand - and our status as the suppliers of official charts and data for both the music and video businesses". -------------------------------------------------- OLD REVOLUTION PRESENTERS PLAN REVOLUTION A MySpace page has been set up announcing the new service, to be called Radio Republic, and inviting investors to put some money in the jar to help get the new old service off the ground. Former Revolution presenters signed up to the new online service include Phil Beckett, Martin Coogan, Cottee, Mike Joyce, Mani, Mick Ferry, Scott Carey, Kati, Alex Carter and Broady, Graeme Hawley and Jeff Hordley, Mark and Leon, Tom and Gnash. Asked about the radical and overnight format change he instigated at The Revolution the minute he claimed ownership, Penk told the Guardian: "There had to be a point where the music changed overnight, for the good of the station. It's very well fans of that type of music saying that it's the only radio station like that in the north-west but the reality was that no bugger was listening. We have to generate listeners and revenue. It had become like a private club, it sounded like an exclusive club that a small group of people enjoyed but the majority shunned. The latest Rajars support that. The figures have gone off a cliff. I had to make immediate changes and the policy is now more mainstream". I like the idea of those former presenters really pissing Penk off. though, alas, given The Revolution's recent RAJAR figures, he is right to say a major format change was probably required to make the commercial station financially viable. Whether an online version of the old format can survive I don't know. The problem, you see, is that with the exception of old-style Revolution listeners and, of course, every single one of you CMU Daily readers, everyone else in the world has a shit taste in music. It's true. -------------------------------------------------- YAHOO! SAY THEIR AD NETWORK REACHES 80% OF UK WEB USERS -------------------------------------------------- NO MORE LED ZEP, SO SHUT UP He told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he was promoting new documentrary, 'It Might Get Loud': "We're not actually recording. Playing at the O2, that was our reunion and it was one day and it was at the O2 in London. And basically that was it because if you're going to do a reunion, you need four members. John Paul Jones, myself and Jason would sort of jam afterwards but it was nothing as monumental as people are speculating". -------------------------------------------------- ELTON CANCELS LILY DUET AND TOUR Speaking to The Daily Star, he said: "I was thinking about asking her to tour with me and maybe even do a duet. Obviously that won't be happening now". Just in case you missed it, this is why the duet is off: www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_ea_U8U3w -------------------------------------------------- MADONNA DEDICATES 'LIKE A VIRGIN' TO POPE Introducing the song, she said: "I dedicate this song to the Pope, because I'm a child of God. All of you are also children of God". |
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